Medicating modern America : prescription drugs in history /

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With Americans paying more than 200 billion each year for prescription pills, the pharmaceutical business is the most profitable in the nation. The popularity of prescription drugs in recent decades has remade the doctor/patient relationship, instituting prescription-writing and pill-taking as an in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Tone, Andrea, 1964-, Watkins, Elizabeth Siegel
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, ©2007.
Temas:
Drugs > United States > History.
Médicaments > États-Unis > Histoire.
MEDICAL > Drug Guides.
MEDICAL > Pharmacology.
MEDICAL > Pharmacy.
MEDICAL > Nursing > Pharmacology.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:With Americans paying more than 200 billion each year for prescription pills, the pharmaceutical business is the most profitable in the nation. The popularity of prescription drugs in recent decades has remade the doctor/patient relationship, instituting prescription-writing and pill-taking as an integral part of medical practice and everyday life. Medicating Modern America examines the meanings behind this pharmaceutical revolution through the interconnected histories of eight of the most influential and important drugs: antibiotics, mood stabilizers, hormone replacement therapy, oral contra.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (vi, 262 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781435600454
1435600452

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